President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent utterances that government would take unspecified action on lawyers providing free legal advice and doctors voluntarily attending to victims of last month's violent crackdown on protests by the security...

More than a year ago events touted as an unfolding new beginning in this Southern African nation raised public hope. The Zimbabwean "benign" coup in November 2017 must be counted among the greatest of surprises for the spike in, restlessness it...

Kenya has postponed a much anticipated ruling on homosexuality, to the great disappointment of human rights groups. They continue to hope for a verdict that decriminalizes same-sex relationships. Kenya's High Court on Friday postponed a...

His Excellency, Dr. George Manneh Weah, at the head of a high-level government delegation, departs the country today Friday, February 22, 2019 for four-day official visit to the State of Israel. The visit is in honor of an invitation...

by George Georgakopoulos Women in crisis-riven Greece are giving birth at an ever later age, aggravating the country's demographic problem with a direct impact on the local labor market, experts told Xinhua on Friday. A new...

Source: Amnesty International - The Philippine government should drop the politically-motivated charges against Senator Leila de Lima, a prominent critic of President Rodrigo Duterte's abusive "war on drugs," Human Rights Watch, Amnesty...

Islamabad, Feb 22 (efe-epa).- The Pakistan Army said on Friday that it was prepared to respond with full force to any aggression by India but was not seeking a war with the neighbor amid heightened tensions between the two nuclear powers after a...

Source: Amnesty International - Ahead of the biggest showbiz event of the year, we explore the human rights themes of three Oscar-nominated films - and find activism inspiration in some unlikely places. See Amnesty's full Oscars...

The BSE Mid cap index rose 0.32%, while Small cap index was up by 0.71% <p>Key Indian benchmarks were trading slightly lower in early noon session, tracking weak cues from other Asian markets. Sentiment remained weak with Moody's statement that the..

There was some bittersweet news for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration this week when the European Union (EU) decided not to extend existing sanctions against Harare despite a recommendation from the bloc's parliament to take a firmer...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure from senior Zanu PF officials to reshuffle cabinet, which has failed to turn around the imploding economy, the Zimbabwe Independent understands. Mnangagwa, who swept to power through a...

Women and girls continue to face the brunt of violence in the northern region of South Sudan with persistently high and brutal levels of sexual violence, a new report found. Despite the signing of a peace deal nearly five months ago,...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration came short of announcing a new currency because of shame after being caught out, former finance minister Tendai Biti has said. The former treasury chief was responding to Reserve Bank of...

British security officials had not been supporting an entire ban of Huawei's network devices from national telecom services despite United States disputes claiming the Chinese firm could have been used for espionage on behalf of China, at least...

(PRLeap.com) With only 45 days to go until the official date of Brexit, the UK still does not have an approved agreement with which to leave the European Union. Little has changed with regard to the Brexit situation over the past few weeks with the.

By Olivia Rowland '21 Copy Editor &amp; Staff Writer Saga food isn't the greatest. At least, that's what everyone says in continual complaints about dining on campus. But what about Sodexo -- the company that runs Dining Services...

By Alex Kerai '19 Editor-in-Chief Hobart and William Smith Colleges announced today that the 2019 Commencement Address will be delivered by Dorothy Wickenden '76 L.H.D. '14. Currently the Executive Editor of The New Yorker,...

OXFAM in Tanzania has reaffirmed its commitment to continue empowering women, as the Non-Governmental Organisation insisted that it understands the role played by women in economic development. The organisation's Country Director, Francis...